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A ______ is an oral outline of your presentation.

Preview

Thesis statement

Transition

Concluding device

Answer

Correct Answer: Preview

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What is the objective of the thesis statement of a speech?

To state the purpose of your speech

To provide a concluding device

To review the speech’s main points

To capture the audience’s attention

Answer

Correct Answer: To state the purpose of your speech

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Telling your audience about the sources of your information during your speech is called a(n) ______.

Brief example

Oral citation

Reference list

Verbal credit

Answer

Correct Answer: Oral citation

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Assessing whether an author or publisher has a point of view that could skew the information being presented is part of the process of ______.

Evaluating the author’s expertise

Determining the publisher’s authority

Determining the bias of the author and/or publisher

Establishing the source’s timeliness

Answer

Correct Answer: Determining the bias of the author and/or publisher

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A ______ is a research aid that catalogs articles from a large number of journals or magazines.

Periodical database

General index

Abstract

Keyword index

Answer

Correct Answer: Periodical database

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An autobiography is an example of ______.

Expert testimony

A primary source

A secondary source

Peer testimony

Answer

Correct Answer: A primary source

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______ reasoning involves using specific claims to reach a general conclusion.

Inductive

Informal

Deductive

Bandwagon

Answer

Correct Answer: Inductive

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Ad hominem, red herring, and slippery slope are types of ______.

Logos

Conclusions

Persuasions

Fallacies

Answer

Correct Answer: Fallacies

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A person who is trustworthy and believable is considered ______.

Sincere

Credible

Passionate

Rational

Answer

Correct Answer: Credible

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The most common type of plagiarism is likely ______.

Global

Patchwork

Self-plagiarism

Text stealing

Answer

Correct Answer: Text stealing

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______ is one way to research your audience.

Consulting a potential audience member

Surveying

Searching online

Interviewing

Answer

Correct Answer: Searching online

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Audience analysis provides clues about your audience you can use to ______ your presentation.

Revise

Organize

Complete

Frame

Answer

Correct Answer: Frame

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One of the ways speakers analyze audiences is by looking at traits, such as age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and so forth, which is called ______.

Psychological audience analysis

Demographic audience analysis

Descriptive audience analysis

Psychographic audience analysis

Answer

Correct Answer: Demographic audience analysis

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A(n) ______ presentation involves introducing yourself or another person, celebrating an event, or commemorating a special occasion.

Informative

Persuasive

Epideictic

Special occasion

Answer

Correct Answer: Epideictic

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A(n) ______ presentation involves introducing yourself or another person, celebrating an event, or commemorating a special occasion.

Informative

Persuasive

Epideictic

Special occasion

Answer

Correct Answer: Epideictic

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Developing a strong ______ guides you in all phases of speech preparation.

Topic

General purpose

Specific purpose statement

Thesis statement

Answer

Correct Answer: Specific purpose statement

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Transitions are sentences or phrases that _________ what a speaker was just speaking about with what he or she will be speaking about next.

Differentiate

Compare

Connect

Exclude

Answer

Correct Answer: Connect

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The general subject of a presentation is known as

Outline

Main subject

Summary

Topic

Answer

Correct Answer: Topic

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A thesis statement

Introduces your topic

Provides the general purpose of your presentation

Both of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Both of the above

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Text stealing is a type of plagiarism that occurs

When a person uses another's words

Gives credit to the other person

Uses his own words and knowledge

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: When a person uses another's words

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Testimony is a statement or declaration by a person who has a connection to the topic.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Specific purpose is the precise goals of the presentation including both the topic and the general purpose.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Speaking situation consists of

Audience

Environment

Occasion

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Sources of information include

Newspapers, magazines, documentaries

Online journals, Websites

Interviews

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Slippery slope is a fallacy that represents the notion that when a single step is made a host of other ________ consequences follow.

Negative

Similar

Positive

Any of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Negative

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When a person uses his or her previous original work as new for another project, paper, or class; this is called

Plagiarism

Self-plagiarism

Cross-plagiarism

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Self-plagiarism

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Textbooks, scholarly books, news articles, and reference books are

Primary source

Secondary source

Tertiary source

Reference

Answer

Correct Answer: Secondary source

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Questions that allow a person to make an answer between two points, usually found on surveys are called

Rhetorical questions

Open questions

Scaled questions

Primary questions

Answer

Correct Answer: Scaled questions

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A list of all the sources cited in the presentation is called Reference list

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Red herring uses relative information

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Information obtained from a participant or an observer who witnessed the action is known as

Primary source

Secondary source

Reference

Tertiary source

Answer

Correct Answer: Primary source

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Preview is the ________ of the introduction that tells the audience the specific things that will be discussed in the presentation.

First step

Last step

Context

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Last step

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Using someone else’s words or ideas without giving credit to the source.

Copying

Plagiarism

Imitating

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Plagiarism

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Persuasive presentation seeks to __________ an audience’s attitudes, beliefs, values, or outlook about a topic.

Change

Alter

Modify

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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A publication, either printed or electronic, that is produced on a regular basis is called periodical publication

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Pathos is the __________ of a presentation

Passion

Context

Irregularity

Fallacy

Answer

Correct Answer: Passion

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A type of plagiarism that occurs when several different documents are combined into one document and then used as a person’s own is known as

Personal plagiarism

Patchwork plagiarism

Paraphrasing plagiarism

Complete plagiarism

Answer

Correct Answer: Patchwork plagiarism

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Questions that allow the respondent for sufficient flexibility in answering the question

Closed questions

Neutral question

Probing questions

Open-ended questions

Answer

Correct Answer: Open-ended questions

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The reason or event in which a person is speaking is called

Topic

Subject

Occasion

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Occasion

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Non sequitur argument follows a logical conclusion

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Logos are the logical appeal of a presentation

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Informative presentations are designed to

Convey new information

Increase an audience’s understanding about a topic

Both of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Both of the above

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A person who generally knows about the speaking situation, the makeup of the potential audience, and even overall attitudes and beliefs about the audience is known as

Informer

Informant

Analyst

Influencer

Answer

Correct Answer: Informant

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Inductive reasoning uses _____________ to reach a general conclusion

Specific conclusions

Hypothetical situations

Ideas

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Specific conclusions

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Accepting information that is not supported with evidence is called

Hasty generalization

Stimulus generalization

Response generalization

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Hasty generalization

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A type of plagiarism that occurs when a person uses an entire document as his or her own is known as

Patchwork plagiarism

Self-plagiarism

Global plagiarism

Paraphrasing plagiarism

Answer

Correct Answer: Global plagiarism

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General purposes are large framing statements about the reason for the speech

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The structure of the presentation, argument, or information with regard to audience analysis is called Framing

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The credibility and ethical appeal of a presentation is known as

Pathos

Ethos

Both of these

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Ethos

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An epideictic presentation occurs when a person is

Introducing themselves

Celebrating an event

Introducing another person

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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The physical settings of a presentation are called

Environment

Theme

Setting

Furnishing

Answer

Correct Answer: Environment

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Either/or arguments offer ______ solutions

Multiple

Single

Two

Any of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Two

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Personal characteristics or attributes of the audience are known as

Demographic

Kinesthetics

Dynamics

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Demographic

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Deductive reasoning uses general conclusions to reach a specific conclusion.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Cultural background includes a person's

Race

Ethnicity

Country of origin

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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A speaker’s perceived level of knowledge, trustworthiness, and believability is known as

Honesty

Electability

Credibility

Individuality

Answer

Correct Answer: Credibility

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Concluding device is the method used to start a presentation

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Category questions limit the possible answers to categories

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Bias is an assumption made

After knowing all the facts

By skewing information

None of the above

A & B

Answer

Correct Answer: By skewing information

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Ideas that a person holds true or false are known as

Knowledge

Demographics

Theories

Beliefs

Answer

Correct Answer: Beliefs

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Bandwagon is a fallacy in which a speaker expects the audience to make decisions based on the ________ of the position.

Needs

Facts

Figures

Popularity

Answer

Correct Answer: Popularity

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The process of gathering and analyzing information about an audience to make informed choices about content and delivery is known as

Bandwagon

Ad hominem

Audience prediction

Audience analysis

Answer

Correct Answer: Audience analysis

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Learned thought processes that guide behavior and thinking and represent likes or dislikes of a target are known as Attitudes

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Attention getter is the ____ part of the introduction in a presentation to get the audience’s attention

Last

Middle

First

Any

Answer

Correct Answer: First

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Ad hominem is a fallacy in which a speaker attacks

The person

Argument

Information

Technology

Answer

Correct Answer: The person

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